Former participant Ibrahim had beforehand coached Syria in three stints, the final of which resulted in March 2016.

Stange, 70, had come out of retirement final yr to take cost of Syria and almost secured a maiden entry into the World Cup finals earlier than a playoff defeat by Australia ended their hopes.

Stange accepted duty after Thursday’s loss to Jordan and refused to level fingers at his gamers.

“Coaches are all the time liable for the efficiency of the staff,” Stange mentioned earlier than he was sacked.

“I’ll by no means ever blame one participant or a gaggle of gamers for one thing like this.”

Stange is the second coach to lose his job in the course of the match within the United Arab Emirates after Thailand sacked head coach Milovan Rajevac following a Four-1 defeat by India of their opening sport. [nL3N1Z71HQ]

Syria should beat defending champions Australia of their closing group sport on Jan. 15 to have any hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage.